If we consider that education is a provincial matter, but that many aspects of government and the economy are regulated federally, does that pose challenges in coordinating education with other national objectives?
For instance, owing to less of a clear division between federal and state responsibilities in the area of education, the feds have introduced the National Strategic Languages initiative as a means of integrating education policy with other national needs:
http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/competitiveness/nsli/nsli-preliminary-results.pdf
In Hungary and the UK likewise, where education again is a national responsibility, we can see how education policy can be more responsive to national and international needs. Generally speaking, both the UK and Hungary have done a good job of that.
In Canada, owing to education being a strictly provincial jurisdiction, there is therefore naturally a tendency for education be be rather provincial in its outlook (i.e. it tends to look at local, provincial or narrower national needs rather than global needs unlike its US, British, and especially Hungarian counterparts).
Does limiting as important a national institution as education to provincial jurisdiction limiting its world view? I realize that to correct this we'd either need to rewrite the constitution, which is not likely, or perhaps more realistically perhaps establish some kind of permanent cooperation between provincial ministries of education and federal ministries so as to ensure that they can reflect national and international needs.
Any thoughts on this?
For instance, owing to less of a clear division between federal and state responsibilities in the area of education, the feds have introduced the National Strategic Languages initiative as a means of integrating education policy with other national needs:
http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/competitiveness/nsli/nsli-preliminary-results.pdf
In Hungary and the UK likewise, where education again is a national responsibility, we can see how education policy can be more responsive to national and international needs. Generally speaking, both the UK and Hungary have done a good job of that.
In Canada, owing to education being a strictly provincial jurisdiction, there is therefore naturally a tendency for education be be rather provincial in its outlook (i.e. it tends to look at local, provincial or narrower national needs rather than global needs unlike its US, British, and especially Hungarian counterparts).
Does limiting as important a national institution as education to provincial jurisdiction limiting its world view? I realize that to correct this we'd either need to rewrite the constitution, which is not likely, or perhaps more realistically perhaps establish some kind of permanent cooperation between provincial ministries of education and federal ministries so as to ensure that they can reflect national and international needs.
Any thoughts on this?